Jakin, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jakin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39861. The Survey maps it on the Donalsonville West quadrangle. 131 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 144 feet above sea level.
On record in Jakin
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Jane Donalson Harrell Houselisted 1982- Bank of Jakinlisted 2003
Population over time
2 figuresJakin fell from 155 to 131 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 155 | |
| 2020 | 131 | -24 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Donalsonville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
263 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of Jakin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 528 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 144 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-SEMINOLE-006 |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-SEMINOLE-006 |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SEMINOLE008 |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-SEMINOLE-006 |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-EARLY-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jakin in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 5 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jakin | 5 hurt, $50,000 | A severe thunderstorm uprooted several pecan trees just east of Jakin. A nearby storage building and barn were damaged. Several trees fell across King-Santi Road. A large tree fell over a pasture fence where several of the cows escaped and wandered onto U.S. Highway 84. Three vehicles traveling in the eastbound lane struck four cows. Two drivers and three passengers were injured and transported to a local hospital. |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jakin | $5,000 | Several large tree limbs and power lines were downed from thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jakin | $2,000 | Windows were blown out of a home in Jakin. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Jakin | - | Several large tree limbs and power lines were downed from thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Jakin | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saffold | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Killarney | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Springfield (historical) | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Howards Mill | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Jones Crossroads | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cedar Springs | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Liberty | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Lucile | 11.1 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Jakin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2274633 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 316032. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




